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Ralph Coffman - Burial File

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Title Ralph Coffman - Burial File
Source Coffman, Ralph; Correspondence, Reports, Telegrams, Applications, and Other Papers Relating to Burials of Service Personnel, 01/01/1915 - 12/31/1939; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, Record Group 92; National Archives and Rec
Description <p>Burial file for Ralph Coffman. Sergeant Coffman was killed on November 5, 1918 during the Meuse-Argonne Campaign on the front lines by a machine gun bullet to the heart. He served with Company B, 15th Machine Gun Battalion, 5th Division. The file documents Ralph&#39;s disinterment and burial, pilgrimage offer to his mother, correspondence, and grave location.</p>
Subject LCSH World War; 1918-1932--burial; Meuse-Argonne; Machine Gun Battalion
Subject Local WWI; World War I; Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimage
Contributing Institution National Archives and Records Administration-National Personnel Records Center (St. Louis)
Rights Documents in this file are in the public domain.
Date Original 1918-1932
Language English

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